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diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/pdftex/Announcement-1.40.0 b/Master/texmf/doc/pdftex/Announcement-1.40.0 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e4d7f6c439a --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf/doc/pdftex/Announcement-1.40.0 @@ -0,0 +1,162 @@ +The pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: + +=========================================================================== + pdfTeX 1.40.0 +=========================================================================== + +This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.40.0, an extended version of TeX that +can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX +typesetting with the help of PDF. + +=========================================================================== + Main changes of pdfTeX 1.40.0 +=========================================================================== + +- pdfetex (as a separate binary/program) is gone; all extensions are now in + pdftex. The make files still know about the target pdfetex, but it's just + a copy of pdftex +- The sources of TeX, eTeX and pdfTeX have been merged into one file + pdftex.web and one change file pdftex.ch. The sources of TeX and eTeX + distributed are just there for reference +- New features: + - pdfTeX can now generate PDF 1.5 object streams, which leads to smaller + PDFs. This is controlled by setting \pdfobjcompresslevel to a value >0 + (3 compress everything, 2 don't compress /Info, 1 also don't compress + embedded PDFs) and works only with PDF >=1.5 + - pdfTeX now supports another image file format: JBIG2 files (.jbig2) + - the memory allocated for objects and destination names now grows + dynamically + - pdfTeX now generates smaller PDFs since for char positioning the width + of chars (/Widths) is stored with more precision and so the chars must + rarely be positioned separately + - the PK resolution is now taken from the "pk_dpi" parameter in texmf.cnf + if it has not been set in the format file or by the user + - pdfTeX now removes the generated pdf in case of a fatal error + - pdfTeX now sets /ModDate and /Trapped in the InfoDict by default (the + values can be overridden with \pdfinfo) + - the format of warnings and errors issued by pdfTeX has been changed and + unified + - the output of -version has been extended and now includes information + about the libraries actually used, which can be handy when using shared + libraries + - rules and their positioning on the page are now inside a qQ group +- New primitives: + - pdfTeX can now handle colourstacks. + - \pdfcolorstackinit + A stack is initialized by \pdfcolorstackinit. It expands to the + number of the new stack. The common case, the traditinal color stack + is already initialized as first stack: \pdfcolorstackinit page direct + {0 g 0 G} The keyword "page" means that this stack is page based. At + the start of the new page, the current stack value is automatically + set. + - \pdfcolorstack + \pdfcolorstack <stack number> push {<new color>} + pushes the current value on the stack and sets the <new color>. + \pdfcolorstack <stack number> pop + pops and sets the current stack value. + \pdfcolorstack <stack number> current + sets the current stack value without changing the stack. This is + useful for stacks that are initialized without keyword "page". Thus + the page start setting can be set manually. + \pdfcolorstack <stack number> set {<new color>} + The current value is set to <new color>. + - Transformation matrices can now be manipulated more cleanly: + Currently matrix changes are done and hidden inside \pdfliteral nodes; + pdfTeX doesn't parse its contents and does not know the new settings of + the transform matrix. Thus the new primitives to save pdfTeX from + parsing \pdfliteral contents and to notify pdfTeX about matrix changes + to use them in calculating link and anchor positions. + - \pdfsetmatrix{<a> <b> <c> <d>} + is the equivalent to \pdfliteral{<a> <b> <c> <d> 0 0 cm} + - \pdfsave is the equivalent to \pdfliteral{q} + - \pdfrestore is the equivalent to \pdfliteral{Q} + - \pdfprimitive\TeX-primitive executes the original \TeX-primitive even + if the command has been redefined since. E.g. + \let\relax\undefined\pdfprimitive\relax + expands to \relax. + \ifpdfprimitive\TeX-primitive is true if \TeX-primitive has its + original meaning + - \ifpdfabsnum and \ifpdfabsdim are like \ifnum and \ifdim, but don't + care about negative numbers + - shell escape: if the first character of a filename for \openin, + \openout \input is a pipe symbol (|), the filename is assumed to be a + request for a pipe to a command line that is given in the rest of the + filename + - draftmode: With \pdfdraftmode=1 or the commandline switch -draftmode + pdfTeX doesn't write the output pdf and doesn't actually read any + images, thus speeding up compilations when you know you need an extra + run but don't care about the output, e.g. just to get the BibTeX + references right + - \pdfpxdimen (introduced in 1.30) is now a real dimension parameter. It + allows one base dimensions on pixels. 1px defaults to 1bp (or 72dpi), + but can be changed with the \pdfpxdimen primitive: + \pdfpxdimen=1in % 1 dpi + \divide\pdfpxdimen by 96 % 96 dpi + \hsize=1200px + Now \hsize is (1in/96)*1200 + - \pdflastlink returns the object number of the last \pdfstartlink + - \pdfsavepos now works in DVI mode +- Fonts: + - support for subfonts: This creates all needed map entries for subfonts + automatically and handles Unicode mappings + - ToUnicode entries for Type1 fonts (patch 580) +- HZ: + - added patch 462: HZ font expansion in autoexpand mode now produces + smaller pdf files, as it works by modififying the text matrix for + single fonts instead of embedding many expanded font versions. + Therefore HZ now can be used also for TrueType fonts and even for + non-embedded fonts (e.g. Times-Roman) +- Bugfixes: + - the PDF statistics in the log are now correct + - added JFIF detection patch to writejpg.c (bug 548) + - bugfix: invalid pdf created if font name contains space (509) + - bugfix: truetype OS/2 v3 fonts (594) + - bugfix: Type1C (CFF) fonts of embedded pdfs didn't get replaced + +For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS + +=========================================================================== + Legal notice / license +=========================================================================== + +pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2007 Han The Thanh, <thanh@pdftex.org> + +pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the +terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software +Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later +version. + +For a complete README (with a full discussion of the license) +please look at http://www.pdftex.org/README + +=========================================================================== + The files / installation +=========================================================================== + +You should first try to get a new version of pdfTeX through your +distribution. + +If you want to compile it yourself, have a look at http://www.pdftex.org -- +there you can find links to the pdfTeX sources on CTAN. And some useful +documentation. + +=========================================================================== + Mailing lists / web pages: +=========================================================================== + + Mailing list: + http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex + + Related web pages: + http://www.pdftex.org + http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/ + http://www.tug.org/tex-live/ + http://www.tug.org/tetex/ + http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes + http://www.dante.de/ + http://tug.org/ + http://www.pragma-ade.com/ + +Have fun! + +Martin Schröder (martin@pdftex.org) for the pdfTeX team, January 2007 |